Split

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NOUN

extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

a bottle containing half the usual amount

a promised or claimed share of loot or money

a lengthwise crack in wood

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

division of a group into opposing factions

VERB

separate into parts or portions

separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

discontinue an association or relation

go one's own way

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

ADJ

having been divided

(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

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